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(11) |
EP 0 429 160 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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04.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/36 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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29.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/22 |
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Date of filing: 06.03.1990 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE ES FR GB IT LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
20.11.1989 JP 134966/89 U
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Applicant: SNK CORPORATION |
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Suita-shi,
Osaka (JP) |
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Inventor: |
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- Hasegawa, Yoshihiko
Toyonaka-shi,
Osaka (JP)
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Representative: Milhench, Howard Leslie et al |
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R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ
London SW1H 0RJ (GB) |
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Memory cartridge for use with TV game machine |
(57) A memory cartridge for use with a TV game machine. It has a plurality of memories
containing picture images such as game characters, messages and letters, a memory
containing a sound program and a memory for synthesizing sound. The memories containing
picture images have their data buses connected to a pin connector through a parallel-serial
converter circuit to reduce the number of pins forming the pin connector.